No, declining from consuming a product never carries the risk that consuming it does, especially in this case where there is ZERO long term data and lots of reports of side effects.
Pfizer paid out 1 billion in settlements and 1.3 billion in CRIMINAL FINES just a decade ago for false promotion of several drugs. And now you have changed the goalposts, meaning you are grasping here, not me.
The refuted position was the relative risk of forcing a drug on unwilling people vs. declining a drug on your own. You have now added additional criminal behavior (drinking and driving) in an attempt to make your case. Granted. Drinking and driving is already criminal. There is not point to adding that fact.
By sharp contrast, NO one is a risk from a drug and its side effects if he declines it; if he consumes it, he must have full knowledge and consent of all possible outcomes and he must be FREE to take the risk or not, upon full knowledge. That is merely a rational position.
You are unaware of the case law here too. Here is a list of a few of the recent settlements, many including criminal fines:
Let’s take a look at the top
10 pharmaceutical settlements, in order of dollar amounts (highest to lowest). These can include a combination of
criminal fines and civil settlements:
Company Amount of penalties Year
GlaxoSmithKline $3 billion 2012
Pfizer $2.3 billion 2009
Johnson & Johnson $2.2 billion 2013
Abbott $1.5 billion 2012
Eli Lilly $1.42 billion 2009
Merck $950 million 2011
Amgen $762 million 2012
AstraZeneca $520 million 2010
Actelion $360 million 2018
Purdue Pharma $270 million 2019
The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.
Now we know full well that taking the vaccine does nothing to prevent transmission to others OR to prevent contraction. The only weak argument remaining, as the facts come out, is "Well, you probably won't die if you take it". Ok, that is fine. Each, based on his risk factors should determine whether or not he should take it. Older people have mostly complied. Young healthy people are a much smaller percentage. Virtually everyone is getting it - or some cold symptoms, which are all the top symptoms of Omicron, regardless of status. So do what you deem best, since you are the only one who will benefit, should it help you. And leave everyone else to make his own decision. Autocracy is really unconstitutional.